tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Aug 01 03:35:31 1999
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Re: Adverbials and clauses
- From: "Eric Andeen" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Adverbials and clauses
- Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 03:37:18 -0700
- Importance: Normal
jatlh voqbe'wI':
> Last night I had problems falling asleep and was playing
> around a bit with Klingon grammar and wondered if clauses
> can take adverbials to modify them.
> Like in
> <muleghbe' nom qetbogh loD>
> "The man who runs fast does not see me"
> or
> <nom qetmo' loD, muleghbe'>
> "Because the man runs fast, he does not see me"
>
> Am I allowed to express this ideas like that in Klingon
> or do I need to recast them completely?
That is a good question, and my preliminary answer is yes. I understood both
of these sentences immediately, and have put adverbials on subordinate
clauses myself in the past. I do not, however, have my any of reference
materials handy at the moment, so I'll give you a more thorough answer on
Monday.
pagh
Beginners' Grammarian